Movies where bad guys / villains / bullies win

[Sethioz]

I've seen lot of people searching for movies where bad guys / villains / evil wins, so here's my list.

NOTE - imdb links are generated by chatGPT and i have not manually checked them all, so some links might be incorrect. if link doesn't match title, then manually search that title on imdb. list/titles are manually written and checked by me, i have watched all the movies and description is also written by me. i couldn't bother manually grabbing links so i asked chatGPT.

Brightburn - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752126 - without giving away too much, it's opposite of superhero movie. decent amount of gore and no stupid censoring like in marvel movies.

Funny Games 2007 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808279 - two polite home invaders nicely and politely invade family of 3, since the movie is in this list, you can guess the ending :) this movie actually has much deeper meaning and story than most notice, one of the invaders is actually aware that he's in "movie" and near end they have quick discussion about reality and fictional reality, which plays a role in the movie aswell. it's kind of like Donnie Darko, it can be confusing if you don't pay attention to detail. there's some gore and generally it's very realistic.

Mara 2018 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773753 - supernatural horror, where the horror part wins. there's not any action really, but it's rather scary and creepy horror.

Zodiac - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706 - made after the real life Zodiac who claimed that he killed 37 people (5 confirmed). he was active in late 60s and early 70s and got away with all of it, he died in 2018 and in 2021 Gary Francis Poste was finally identified as the Zodiac (some doubts remain if Gary really was the Zodiac). movie is made way before some of his ciphers were broken, so some info is missing, but otherwise it's based on real life events and they show his original letters in the movie aswell.

Swordfish - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244244 - bad guy makes a plan, "spits" into cops face and gets away with billions.

Chaos - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402910 - bad guy (Jason Statham) steals the money and flies off into the sunset (quite literally).

Eden Lake - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020530 - teenage bullies get away with harassment and murder.

Infinity War - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756 - i think it doesn't need introduction, Thanos beats the crap out of avengers and gets away with it.

Hostel 1, 2, 3 - I don't remember all of them, but it's quite brutal and some bad guys got away with torturing and murdering people and they also got paid for it. it's basically a service they provide, where they kidnap people and then super rich people pay for that service so they get to torture people to death. rule of the service is that nobody leaves without killing.
1 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450278
2 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498353
3 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255916

SAW franchise - maybe not all parts, but in most bad guy/s and girl get away with torturing and murdering people.
Saw (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387564
Saw II (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432348
Saw III (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489270
Saw IV (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890870
Saw V (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132626
Saw VI (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227
Saw 3D (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477076
Jigsaw (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3348730
Spiral (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10342730
Saw X (2023) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21807222

Terrifier franchise - i don't remember 1 and 2 that well, but art the clown always survives and violently murders a lot of people, so i guess it can be considered as villain wins. 3rd one was quite good and they didn't hold back on the gore.
Terrifier (2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4281724
Terrifier 2 (2022) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10403420
Terrifier 3 (2024) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27911000
All Hallows' Eve (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2900624 - i haven't even seen this, but it's linked to terrifier 1, 2 and 3. thought i'll mention it.

Life (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5442430 - maybe not exactly a villain/guy, but it's best if you just watch it without reading about it

Truth or Dare (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772950 - quite good concept and story, title should already give you a hint what it's about, but it has bit of supernatural in it with a twist in the end.

Wrong Turn franchise - i don't remember all of them from head, but some of them end with those bad guys / freaks surviving and their victims did not.
Wrong Turn (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295700
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804555
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261978
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865567
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375779
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3612032
Wrong Turn (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9110170

Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015) - supernatural, but quite realistic. i don't actually remember 2nd part that well, but in end of the first part, evil definetly won. it has really good plot and with a twist in the end.
Sinister (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777
Sinister 2 (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752772

The texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420294 - rather gory, yet realistic horror. it's sequel to "the texas chainsaw massacre" made in 2003, but its events take place before the 2003 movie, so obviously it means bad guys will survive so its ending will fit together with 2003 movie's beginning. i don't remember how 2003 movie ended, but you should first watch the 2006 movie as its events take place before 2003 movie, then decide if you want to see more.
there are other movies in this franchise aswell, but i haven't seen them and not sure if bad guys/guy wins or not, but if you're into such movies, it's worth looking them up on imdb.

The Cube franchise (1997 - 2004) - it's mystery/horror franchise, where people are put inside of a puzzle cube that has deadly traps. each part is unique in its own way. cube zero (3rd part) is first in the timeline, so if you want to watch in chronological order, then start with cube zero, then the cube and then the cube: hypercube (part 2). it's somewhat a mystery who even built those cubes and what is their purpose, so bad guys always get away with putting people in that cube and let them die.
Cube (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285492/
Cube Zero (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377713/
Cube (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13069804/ (Japanese remake) - haven't seen this one, i heard it's garbage, but worth mentioning.

Nightcrawler 2014 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718 - it might not seem very appealing at first, but take my word for it, story is really good and main character is the so called "bad" guy. just watch it and you see what i mean, he's not directly a villain, but he's not good either, rather somewhere in the middle, who just does what he has to for his own benefit.

Stephanie (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3829378 - its about evil little girl, or is it more than just a girl? evil wins in the end and in rather unexpected way.

the Night Flier (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119784 - a vampire who flies at night, but not what you think. there's not much action, but story is quite good and bad guy (vampire) will get away with everything.


those are from back of my head, i will update the list if i come up with others.